diff --git a/spel-client-gen/src/tests.rs b/spel-client-gen/src/tests.rs
index 5e0ecb3..f9ed94b 100644
--- a/spel-client-gen/src/tests.rs
+++ b/spel-client-gen/src/tests.rs
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ fn test_pda_helpers_single_arg_seed() {
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: None,
+        events: vec![],
     };
 
     let output = generate_pda_helpers(&idl);
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ fn test_pda_helpers_multi_seed() {
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: None,
+        events: vec![],
     };
 
     let output = generate_pda_helpers(&idl);
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ fn test_pda_helpers_deduplication() {
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: None,
+        events: vec![],
     };
 
     let output = generate_pda_helpers(&idl);
@@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ fn test_pda_helpers_u64_single_seed() {
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: None,
+        events: vec![],
     };
 
     let output = generate_pda_helpers(&idl);
@@ -595,6 +599,7 @@ fn test_pda_helpers_u64_multi_seed() {
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: None,
+        events: vec![],
     };
 
     let output = generate_pda_helpers(&idl);
diff --git a/spel-framework-core/src/idl.rs b/spel-framework-core/src/idl.rs
index dd57c46..51c14c2 100644
--- a/spel-framework-core/src/idl.rs
+++ b/spel-framework-core/src/idl.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ pub struct SpelIdl {
     /// Example: "multisig_core::Instruction"
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub instruction_type: Option<String>,
+    /// Events emitted by this program.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Vec::is_empty")]
+    pub events: Vec<IdlEvent>,
 }
 
 /// Program metadata (lssa-lang compat).
@@ -191,6 +194,17 @@ pub struct IdlError {
     pub msg: Option<String>,
 }
 
+/// An event type emitted by a program.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct IdlEvent {
+    /// Event name (matches the struct name).
+    pub name: String,
+    /// Program-defined discriminant identifying this event type.
+    pub discriminant: u32,
+    /// Fields of the event payload (Borsh-encoded).
+    pub fields: Vec<IdlArg>,
+}
+
 /// Compute the lssa-lang discriminator for an instruction name.
 ///
 /// This is SHA256("global:{name}")[..8], matching lssa-lang's convention.
@@ -215,6 +229,7 @@ impl SpelIdl {
             spec: None,
             metadata: None,
             instruction_type: None,
+            events: vec![],
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/spel-framework-core/src/idl_gen.rs b/spel-framework-core/src/idl_gen.rs
index eb0592e..1bdf2bd 100644
--- a/spel-framework-core/src/idl_gen.rs
+++ b/spel-framework-core/src/idl_gen.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ fn generate_idl_inner(
         spec: None,
         metadata: None,
         instruction_type: external_instruction,
+        events: vec![],
     })
 }
 
diff --git a/spel-framework-macros/src/lib.rs b/spel-framework-macros/src/lib.rs
index 39c0bb0..972e559 100644
--- a/spel-framework-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/spel-framework-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,27 @@ pub fn account_type(_attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     item
 }
 
+/// Mark a struct as an event payload for IDL generation.
+///
+/// The `discriminant` argument must match the value passed to `emit_event()`.
+///
+/// # Example
+/// ```rust,ignore
+/// #[event(discriminant = 1)]
+/// pub struct InsufficientFunds {
+///     pub requested: u128,
+///     pub available: u128,
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// This attribute is a no-op at compile time; it is consumed solely by the
+/// IDL generator alongside `#[account_type]`.
+#[proc_macro_attribute]
+pub fn event(_attr: TokenStream, item: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+    // Marker only — detected by generate_idl! and #[lez_program] at compile time.
+    item
+}
+
 /// Generate IDL from a program source file.
 ///
 /// Parses the given Rust source file, finds the `#[lez_program]` module,
diff --git a/spel-framework/src/lib.rs b/spel-framework/src/lib.rs
index 8b167db..53ba2b3 100644
--- a/spel-framework/src/lib.rs
+++ b/spel-framework/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! similar to Anchor for Solana.
 
 // Re-export the proc macros
-pub use spel_framework_macros::{account_type, generate_idl, instruction, lez_program};
+pub use spel_framework_macros::{lez_program, instruction, account_type, generate_idl, event};
 
 // Re-export core types
 pub use spel_framework_core::types::{SpelOutput, SpelOutputParts};
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub use serde_json;
 
 pub mod prelude {
     pub use crate::account_type;
+    pub use crate::event;
     pub use crate::instruction;
     pub use crate::lez_program;
     pub use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};